Improved clothes-hanging apparatus



NTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN O. *MO-NTIGNANI,` OF ALBANY, NEV YORK.v

HVIPROVED CLOTHES-HANGING APPARATUS.

Specification forming part ot' Letters Patent No. 36,666, datedOctobcr14, 1862.

To all whom, it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, J oHN O. MONTIGNANI, of the city of Albany, State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful article of household furniture,which I call a Portable XVardrobe; 7 and I declare the followingspecification, with the drawings accompanying it and forming partthereof, to be a full and complete description of my invention.

A A is an oblong wooden frame of variable dimensions, divided into twocompartments by the cross-bar I3. Between the frame and the crossfbarslender metal shafts S are placed, pivoted at top and bottom into theframe and bars, from which shafts project metal clothespins I), oftheforms now in use for wardrobes, closets, hat-stands, and hallcoat-slats, or of any convenient form for the suspension of clothing orother articles against a wall. The frame can be hung up by metal loopsor rings L L,I fastened to the upper rail ot' the frame, which should beso fit-ted as to turn down behind the frame when it is not in use, or byholes pierced through the frame for the same purpose.

This apparatus may be made as a single frame or with any number ofcrossbars and tiers of pins, as may be convenient; but probably twotiers will be as many as can be conveniently used.

'Ihe convenience of this simple machine will be manifest at sight. Itaffords within a small compass suspension-points for a large number ofarticles by the use of only two attaching nails or hooks in the wallagainst which it is hung, avoiding the ldefacement of the walls in anumber of places by pins that cannot be removed without injury to theplaster or paper. It is in itself a more sightly object than rows ofclothes-pins occupying the wall, and may be made quite ornamental at acheap expense. When not needed for use, it can be laid aside within asmall space by turning the pins down within the fraaie, (as they are.shown in the drawings, with the exception of those marked U. which areprojecting forward,) and then, if ofsnitablelinear dimensions, canbelaid within a travelingtruuk, for service in bed-rooms intaverns,where conveniences for arranging ga rments are seldom of asuitable kind or exten sive enough for the convenience of travelers.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A frame having between its bars pins for suspending garments or otherarticles, fitted to fold within the range of the bars, constructed andarranged substantially as described, and for the purposes set forth inthe within specifictitiou.

JOHN O. MONTIGNANI.

` Witnesses:

E. J. MILLER, R101-ID. VARICK DE WITT.

